Assessment of Student Learning

Do our students graduate with the knowledge, proficiencies, and commitments a St. Olaf education is supposed to foster? What are we doing well and why? What can we do better, and how? These are the questions that assessment is intended to answer.


How and why we assess student learning

Statements of intended learning outcomes

College-wide assessment

By source of evidence (CLA, NSSE, etc.)

By topic or issue (effective writing, life after college, etc.)

Index of survey items and results

Assessment of General Education

Assessment in departments and programs


Data collection schedules

St. Olaf publications, presentations and reports

Resources and links


Contacts